Full Description
This work--the first of its kind in more than sixty years--covers polo in Argentina, from its beginnings in the 1870s to the summer of 2013. The history of the early pioneers is constructed with data not previously published, gathered from contemporary sources. International competitions are covered and include the Olympic Games, the Cup of the Americas and the World Championships. Particular attention is given to the major clubs, the Argentine and Hurlingham Open Championships, and the National Handicap Tournament. Several of the elite players merit individual or family mini-biographies. Myths in Argentine polo are also debunked, based upon careful analysis of contemporary sources. Travels abroad by Argentine teams are fully described as are the foreign teams that competed in Argentina. The work is enhanced by the author's personal observation of significant events and friendship with many of the participants.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Chris Ashton
Preface
1. How Polo Started in Argentina
2. The First Clubs and Polo in the Hinterland
3. The Game Is Organized: The Polo Association of the River Plate
4. The Oldest Clubs: Venado Tuerto, Hurlingham, Media Luna and Las Petacas
5. Early Championships 1893-1900
6. First International Game and Tours to England
7. Early Prominent Polo Families
8. Palermo: Polo's Cathedral
9. The P.A.R.P. Championships Prior to the Great War
10. 1914, Changes to the Rules, and All That
11. 1922, a Time for Change: Polo Became Argentine
12. Polo in the 1920s
13. Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo 1923-1930
14. Gold Medals Only: The Olympic Games
15. Argentina versus U.S.A.: The Cup of the Americas 1928-1936
16. The Big Clubs: Growth and Evolution of Los Indios, Tortugas and Coronel Suárez
17. Visitors from Foreign Lands
18. Argentine Tours Overseas
19. Don Paco Ceballos and the National Handicap Championship
20. The Argentine Open Championship in the 1930s
21. The Years of the Great Depression
22. The War Years and the Aftermath 1940-1950
23. El Trébol and Venado Tuerto: The Glorious Days of the Giants
24. The Changing of the Guard
25. The Growth of the Game 1950-1960
26. The Cup of the Americas 1950-1980
27. The Aristocrat of Polo: The Times of Juancarlitos Harriott
28. The Days of Coronel Suárez versus Santa Ana
29. The Expansion of the Game in the 1970s
30. Argentine Military Polo
31. Travels Abroad and the Development of Professionalism
32. Argentina and the Federation of International Polo
33. The Era of La Espadaña
34. Myths in Argentine Polo
35. The Decade of Indios-Chapaleufú
36. 2005-2013: The Years of Ellerstina and La Dolfina
37. International Matches in the 21st Century and Some Final Thoughts
Appendix A. Polo Championships
Appendix B. Polo Pony Awards
Appendix C. Presidents of the Asociación Argentina de Polo
Appendix D. List of Polo Clubs in Argentina
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
